杰克（杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）是一个作家。一个冬天，他得到了一个看管山顶酒店的差事。这正合杰克的意思，他正好可以有一个幽静的地方写作。于是杰克带着妻儿搬进了酒店。 冬天大雪封路，山顶酒店只有杰克一家三口。从他们一搬进来，杰克的妻子温蒂（谢莉·杜瓦尔 Shelley Duvall 饰）就发现这里气氛诡异，杰克的儿子丹尼（丹尼·劳埃德 Danny Lloyd 饰）经常看到一些他不认识的人，但这里除了他们一家别无他人。而杰克除了一整天闷头写作外，脾气亦变得越来越古怪。 直到有一天，温蒂发现丈夫这些天来一直写就只有一句话：杰克发疯了！Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.
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